Made To Believe ✔️

Chapter Twenty Nine

DIANA'S POV

I was woken up from a blissful dream by the annoying ringing of my phone. I actually liked my ringtone, it was one of my favorite songs but not in the middle the night when I was dead asleep. I blindly reached for my phone on the bedside table and picked up.

"Hello."I mumbled my eyes still closed.

"Cupcake."Kareem's husky voice replied waking me up a little.

"Kareem? What's wrong? Are you okay?"I asked alert.

"Yeah, I'm okay, sorry to wake you but you need to open the door."He answered.

"I what?!"

Instead of replying he hang up and I heard his insistent and firm knock on my front door. What the hell was he doing on my door at three in the freaking morning? I'd also given him a spare key so why didn't he just let himself in.

He knocked again jarring me from my thoughts making me jump out of bed.

"Okay fine, I'm coming."I yelled blindly putting on my slippers.

I didn't even bother with a robe, it's not like he hadn't already seen everything there was to see. I switched on the living room lights before opening the door to reveal Kareem leaning against the door frame.

"Kareem it's three am, what are you doing here?"I asked yawning.

I'd slept late auditing a few businesses so I only had two hours of sleep in me.

"I'm sorry I woke you up but you said to take you with me the next time I go on a night drive."He replied straightening up.

"Really? Tonight?"I asked not really into it.

I would have loved to go but I was tired and I needed to be at work early the next morning because I had a huge shipment of books coming in for a high school.

"Yeah."Kareem affirmed.

"I'm sorry baby but I'm tired, can we do this another night."I requested.

"I want to go with you tonight, please."He begged and the tone of his voice caught my attention.

Kareem and I had talked before I slept so he knew I hadn't slept long. He also knew that I loved my sleep so him waking me up was no coincidence. The big man needed me because something was eating him up but he didn't want to say it straight up.

"Okay give me a few minutes to get dressed."I replied knowing that even if I went back to bed there's no way I falling asleep after seeing the haunted look on Kareem's eyes.

"Thank you, you look very sexy by the way."He complimented pecking my lips.

I was only wearing a short black spaghetti strapped night dress with lace trimmings so of course he would say that. I mumbled a thank you before stepping aside to let him in.

"Help yourself to anything, I'll be right back."I said heading back to my bedroom.

I didn't bother with a shower since I'd already taken one before bed. I switched my night dress for underwear before wearing a pair of black ripped skinny jeans I'd bought a few days back during my shopping trip with Salome and Jamila. That had been a fun day by the way and it had been awesome integrating Jamila into our duo to make it a trio. They chose the jeans because they said it made my ass look good which would drive Kareem crazy. That wasn't my intention at the moment but my sun dresses and rompers were inappropriate for a night drive. A dark hoodie and a pair of black heeled boots were enough to complete the look. I grabbed my phone and some cash before leaving my bedroom. I always made sure to have cash on me when I left the house in case of an emergency.